John Carpenter’s The Thing is ideal snow day movie even if you hate horror

The all-pervasive cold in Who Goes There? is critical to the sense of terror that the story evokes. Howard Hawks’ 1951 movie adaptation of Campbell’s novella, The Thing From Another World, brings this desolate setting to life. This version frames the research outpost against the backdrop of unforgiving Arctic snowstorms that contribute to the film’s intensely claustrophobic nature.